Appliance for the cure of rheumatism and other diseases.



D. R. DEWEY.

APPLIANCE FOR THE CURE 0F RHEUMATIS M AND OTHER DISEASES. APPLICATION FILED DEC. 26, 1907.

900,493, A Patented 0011.6,1908.

DANIEL RUDD DEWEY, OF HAMILTON, ONTARIO, CANADA APPLIANCE FOR rim CURE OF RHEUMATISM AND OTHER DISEASES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 6, 1908.

Application filed December 26, 1907. Serial No. 408,053.

1'0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DANIEL RUDD DEWEY, a citizen of the Dominion of Canada, residing at No. 218 Herkimer street, in the city of Hamilton, in the county of Wentworth, in the Province of Ontario, Canada, have invented a certain new and useful Appliance for the Cure of Rheumatism and other Diseases; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of the same.

The invention relates to a very handy, convenient and effective device for the cure of rheumatism, lumbago, erysipelas and kindred diseases, disorders of the stomach, pains around the heart, cold's,'catarrh, hysteria,

periodical ailment of women, insomnia, and

reheving pain from various causes.

The device consists in a casing of glass, referably blue in color, and cylindrical in form and lined on the inside with asbestos and also on the outside with the same material, said lining having perforations on the inside and corresponding perforations on the outside opposite the perforations on the inslde.

An electric lamp is secured inside ofthe casing preferably attached to the cover,

through which its holder portion passes and to which is connected an electric wlre to carry a current to the inclosed electric incandescent lamp.

The 0 eration and application of the device to the cure of disease will be more fully shown hereinafter.

In the accompanying drawing:-Figure 1, is a perspective view of the device. Fig. 2, is a vertical section of the same. Fig. 3, is a cross section on the line as, at. Fig. 4 is a modification. Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the severalviews.

A, represents a cylindrical glass casing similar to an ordinary fruit jar, but it could be oval, square or other form; however I prefer the c'yhndrical as shown, and of a-blue color, although other colors could be employed.

B, re resents an incandescent electric lamp secured by its holder in the top C, of the casing, and to which a wire D, is attached.

The inside of the casingA, is lined with a coating of a non-conducting material a, such as asbestos, felt, paper or kindred substances, and having a serles of opfinings b, in the lining of any form through w 'ch the rays of light from the interior electric lamp B, may be emitted. The outside of the case A, is covered with a similar covering (1, of asbestos etc.

as the inside, and also has openings 6, at lntervals around its circumference and formed opposite to the openings 6, in the inner lining a The said openings 6, and e, are shown long and vertical in Fig. 1, but they may be made in any other form only the inner and outer olpenings must be opposite one anotheras SIOWII in cross section Fig. 3, so as to readily emit through the openings and glass the rays of light from the lamp B. It will be observed that the inner openings b, and outer openings e, in the inside and outside linlngs, are made of such a size as to allow sufficient heat to be emitted from the lamp, but they are not large enough to cause heat rays to burn the body during the operation of the device.

At the outer end of the cord D, is secured a socket D, which is for the purposeof making electric connection with an electric light fixture so as to produce a current of electricity for. the inclosed incandescent lamp B.

The practical operation of the device in the cure of diseases as hereinbefore mentioned, is as follows :The patient while lying in bed with the ordinary coverings, the connection D is made with an electric'wire, the cord D, being of sufficient length to allow the device A, to be placed under the bed clothes and laid against any part of a patients body that is afiected, the rays of light and heat from the lamp B, pass through the apertures b, e, and glass, and operate on the skin of the patient to restore normal circulation and curethe disease. The current of electricity is turned on and oif by turning the button f, in the holder of the lam and regulated as desired. It will'furthcr e observed that as a modification of the device, the lamp B, could be formed somewhat in the shape of a water bottle of blue or other colored glass and inclose an electric light filament connected by a wire to supply a current of electricity to the filament to engender light and heat, and anon-inflammable perforated covering attached to the outside of the lamp, as asbestos or kindred substance, but it would not be so safe or eflective as that hereinbefore stated.

Having thus described my device and its advantages, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is,

1. -An apparatus for the cure of disease, comprising a glass receptacle, an incandescent electric lampinclosed in t'he'receptacle,

a'perforated inner coating of a non heating su stance as asbestos, felt, paper or kindred substance, lining the interior of the glass receptacle, and a perforated jacket. or coating of a similar substance covering the outside of the said glass receptacle, perforations or' openings in the inner and outer coverings to Y 'inclosed in the receptacle, a perforated inner and outer coating vo a non-heating substance as asbestos, felt, paper 850., covering the interior and exterior surface of the said glass receptacle, the said perforations or openings to register on both sides to emit the rays of light and heat from the lamp,]and means to conduct the source of light and heat to the lamp,

3. An apparatus for the cure of disease comprising a transparent receptacle of blue color, a lamp inclosed in the said transparent receptacle, a perforated inner and outer coatin of a non-heating substance as asbestos, fe t, paper &c., coverin the interior and 6X-' terior surface of the said lass receptacle, the said perforations to be in 'ne with each other on both sides, to emit the rays of heat and hght from the lamp and means to light the amp. I v

4. An apparatus for'the cure of diseases comprising a single blue glass receptacle of any form inclosing an electric light filament to produce light and heat, the said receptacle covered with a perforated non-combustible substance, as asbestos or kindred substance, the said receptacle having its filament connected with an electric wire to carry a current of electricity, for the purpose specified.

Hamilton, Ontario, Can. the 21st day of August, 1907.

. DANIEL RUDD DEWEY.

Signed in the presence of F. DONAHOE, WM. BRUCE. 

